Princess Theatre / 樂聲戲院 [1975-2004]

Greetings, and thank philk for your sharp eyes and mind.  I looked into this and at first, they can't be duplicate.  They were born a few weeks apart, at different locations  and one is more talkative than the other.

Cinema Treasures lists its street number as 162 which went into the January 16 page; while Hong Kong Theatres Association Ltd's 164 went into the February 6 page, where I added the name of the current church at the site as per tngan's feedback . I have removed the January 16 page by over-writing it with another theatre.   Regards,  Peter

Thanks philk, photos make reading these pages more interesting.

Around the block on Castle Peak Road was 紅葉飯店  when I was attending Tak Ching Primary in 1952.   Book bags were made of wicker and classes full day.  They taught you how to make carbonated soda and weave wicker basket.  On school exam days, instead of going home for lunch, I bought take-out BBQ pork with rice for 80 cents.  When I had my very first pocket money in coins, I held them in my closed fist and the fist stayed inside the pocket while walking.  One could not trust the sewing in those days with my first ever money. Regards, Peter 

Hi philk, I lived on Ki Lung Street few shops south of Boundary St.

In my time (1952-54) there, the primary section was on the opposite (north) side of the street, and the current building was the secondary (girls only) section. The primary building was later displaced by a new building to house the secondary section and the primary section moved across the street to the current site.  Us boys played in both buildings during lunch time.  After six decades, in my 2014 visit, I sat for the last time on a student chair I believe from the same old era.  

Here is another interesting thing, as shown in HKTA's photo:http://hktaorg.com/en/hist_inner.php?id=17

On the facade corner (see its enlarged version) it appears to read 華聲戲院.

樂聲戲院（營盤街）現為教會 (source: Wikipedia, - as appeared on this page)
華聲戲院（東沙島街）現為桌球會 (source: Wikipedia)

Was it possible that 華聲戲院 moved in and operated for a short period?

Regards, Peter

philk, thanks for the clarification on the photo.

The original Tak Ching primary was on the west side of Yen Chow Street having an entrance from Un Chau St  (which I remember well) and the other from Castle Peak Rd.  Also at that time, the girls only high school section was on the south side the current elementary section.  My father taught in the high school section so sitting inside its classroom in 2014 has a very personal meaning.

About 20 years ago I saw internet photos of a new building on the original primary site with the sign Tak Ching Girls Secondary School on its facade.  So, the secondary and primary sections have exchanged locations after I left HK.

Googles 2009 street photo shows Diocesan Girls School was the occupant, and now you have updated to its current status - Ying Wah Girls School.  Like cinemas in Hong Kong, some schools come and go too.

The original primary building had a covered straight metal staircase rising from the playground to the top level of the building. One could still get wet during rain storm.  I believe they built it for safety reason.  Regards, Peter